§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average length of completed time on the unemployment register for a person in Scotland, England and Wales, respectively; and what is the average United Kingdom figure.
§ Mr. BoothThe following figures show the median length of time spent on the unemployment register by a person still unemployed on the date of the count. On 8th January 1976 the median was 13.5 weeks in Scotland, 15.1 weeks in England and 17.1 weeks in Wales. No figure is available for the United Kingdom. The median for Great Britain was 15.1 weeks on 8th January 1976 and for Northern Ireland 17.9 weeks on 11th December 1975.
Figures are not available for the average length of time spent on the unemployment register for a person who has completed a period of unemployment.
§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has for collecting and collating the numbers of unregistered unemployed.
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§ Mr. BoothEstimates of the numbers of unregistered unemployed are obtained from the censuses of population and household surveys, such as the General Household Survey and the EEC Labour Force Survey. It is hoped to publish an article in theDepartment of Employment Gazette on the subject later this year.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing for Wales, Scotland and the regions of England the percentage of unemployed males who have been on the register in excess of eight weeks.
§ Mr. John FraserFollowing is the information at January 1976:
JANUARY 1976 Per cent. Wales 73.9 Scotland 66.9 South East 64.0 East Anglia 66.6 South West 56.3 West Midlands 72.9 East Midlands 70.6 Yorkshire and Humberside 70.9 North West 74.9 North 74.7 Adult students are excluded from the calculations.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the unemployment rate for each of the intermediate areas at the latest available date, together with the corresponding figures 12 months previously.
§ Mr. John FraserFollowing is the information available:
Intermediate Areas Percentage rate of unemployment, January 1976 Percentage rate of unemployment, February 1975* South Western 8.0 4.9 Oswestry 8.5 5.0 High Peak 3.7 1.9 North Lincolnshire 9.5 6.4 North Midlands 5.8 3.6 Yorkshire and Humberside 6.0 3.2 North West 6.3 3.4 North Wales 10.0 5.8 South East Wales 7.1 3.5 * Because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency information for January 1975 is not available.